The internet is slowing down, messaging is taking on the home screen, and voice search is big.
Yes, it is a slide deck, but it's also one of the most eagerly anticipated collections of facts in Silicon Valley. Mary Meeker is ready with her 2016 internet trends report, which she is delivering today at this year's Code Conference....

If there were any lingering doubts about the embrace of cloud computing across all industry sectors, the latest market analysis from Cisco ought to lay them to rest. Within the next three years, the study concludes, more than four-fifths of all data center traffic, 83 percent, will be based in the cloud. What’s more, most of this action will be going to public cloud services – there will be more workloads (56 percent) in the public cloud than in private clouds (44 percent)....

Group is looking at how it will affect financial markets.
The European Union’s markets watchdog will study blockchain in more depth after an initial analysis showed it was too early to say whether the technology poses any threat to financial markets.
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), currently underpins the virtual currency bitcoin.
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Political campaigns of both Republican and Democratic candidates are taking Big Data lessons from retailers, gathering information about individuals, and using it to serve up personalized messages to prospective voters. It’s called “microtargeting,” and it was was a key element of the successful Obama for America campaign and its unprecedented fundraising....

Jani Puroranta has been appointed the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Metso starting August 1, 2016. The CDO will be responsible for driving the company`s digital transformation and overseeing the implementation of Metso`s digital strategy in close co-operation with all business areas. The CDO reports to the President and CEO....